The Utes were mentioned in the recent Sports Illustrated article about an agent, Josh Luchs, who admits he paid dozens of college football players. He mentions in the section 'Raising the Stakes' he could recruit the west coast well but didn't go after Utah players because the agent he was working with, Gary Wichard, who had an 'in' at Utah.
Wichard represented brothers Kevin Dyson, the 16th pick in the 1998 draft, and Andre Dyson, the 60th pick in the 2001 draft.
According to the article, Wichard told Luchs he didn't recruit players by partying with them or paying them and there are no mentions of the Dyson brothers being paid, but there are plenty of other big names mentioned in the article who were supposedly paid by Luchs.
It's going to be interesting to see how this story plays out and what the ramifications are at both the pro and college level.
For what it is worth, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham is about as paranoid when it comes to agents as he is to the media. Agents aren't even allowed at pro day anymore. I know some agents see the ban as a huge inconvenience, but when stories like this break, I'm sure fans are grateful for Whittingham's strict stance.
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